2023-04-18 12:10:27
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ZELENSKY’S VISIT TO THE FRONT
Volodymyr Zelensky goes to Avdiivka, a hot spot on the eastern front, while the Kremlin had announced that Vladimir Putin had visited the Lugansk and Kherson regions.
GERSHKOVICH KEPT IN PRISON
A court in Moscow has decided to keep American journalist Evan Gershkovich in detention. He was arrested in Russia and is accused of espionage, which the Wall Street Journal reporter categorically rejects.
CONVOCATION OF AMERICAN, BRITISH AND CANADIAN AMBASSADORS
Moscow accused of interference and summoned the American, British and Canadian ambassadors in Russian affairs on Tuesday, Russian agencies reported, citing the Foreign Ministry. The exact reason for the summons was not immediately specified, but the day before, Russian diplomacy had denounced the criticisms of these diplomats following the conviction of the Russian-British opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza.
A SWISS EVOLUTION ON THE DELIVERY OF ARMS?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he “hoped” for a change in Bern’s position, which refuses at this stage to authorize the re-export of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine.
“We have taken note of the decisions taken so far and are following the very heated debate in Switzerland very closely, and hope that something happens”, explained the Chancellor during a joint press conference in Berlin with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Alain Berset.
Although pressed by kyiv and its allies to allow the re-export of Swiss arms and ammunition to Kiev, Bern has so far brushed off requests from Germany, Spain and Denmark. Various initiatives are underway in Parliament to relax the rules for the re-export of arms, but no decision is expected for several months.
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
American journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared smiling and determined in a Moscow court where media saw him for the first time since his arrest in late March. The court must decide whether or not to keep him in pre-trial detention until May 29, following accusations of espionage that the Wall Street Journal reporter categorically rejects.
No questions were allowed by authorities and the rest of the hearing is being held behind closed doors. However, the chances of the court ruling in favor of the journalist are almost nil.
CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER ‘DETERMINED’ TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH MOSCOW
According to comments reported by Russian agencies, the Chinese defense minister is “determined” to strengthen military cooperation with Moscow. Li Shangfu’s visit to Russia on Tuesday would aim to “demonstrate to the outside world” the “firm determination to strengthen strategic cooperation between the Chinese and Russian armed forces”, said the minister, in a context of opposition to Westerners and Russian offensive in Ukraine.
PUTIN VISITS THE SCENE OF HIS ‘CRIMES’, SAYS UKRAINE
The Ukrainian presidency accused Vladimir Putin of visiting the scene of his “crimes” in the occupied territories, while the Kremlin said that the Russian leader had paid a visit to the regions of Kherson and Luhansk, without specifying when this trip had taken place.
TESTIMONIALS FROM WIDOWS OF UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS
According to US intelligence documents, at least 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed protecting their country from Russian invasion. A team from LCI went to meet widows who recount their grief.
Ukraine: testimonies of widows of soldiers who died to protect their countrySource : TF1 Info
IMAGES OF PUTIN IN UKRAINE
In addition to a statement announcing Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kherson region, the Kremlin released images showing the Russian leader alongside soldiers in Ukraine, without it being possible to locate precisely where the video had gone. been filmed.
Ukraine: Putin visits Kherson regionSource : TF1 Info
“IMMEDIATE RELEASE” STILL REQUIRED
US continues to demand ‘immediate release’ of US Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich whose detention in Russia is ‘unjust’, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says following meeting of the G7 in Japan.
PUTIN IN KHERSON
According to the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin traveled to the Kherson region in southern Ukraine to meet the soldiers deployed there as part of the Russian operation launched more than a year ago. “The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation visited the headquarters of the military group ‘Dniepr’,” the Kremlin said in a statement, without specifying when this trip took place.
DETAINED JOURNALIST
The US ambassador to Moscow has had access, for the first time, to the WSJ journalist detained in Russia, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Evan Gershkovich has been imprisoned for more than two weeks and accused of espionage by Russian authorities. An appeal hearing into his pre-trial detention is scheduled for today.
LE G7 MENACE
G7 foreign ministers promised on Tuesday that countries providing assistance to Russia for its war in Ukraine would pay “a heavy price”, in a statement issued following a meeting in Japan.
The senior diplomats also want to strengthen the application of the sanctions already taken once morest Russia and considered “unacceptable” the announcement by Moscow of its intention to send nuclear weapons to Belarus.
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